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R 1.1 Read aloud narrative and
expository text fluently and
accurately and with
appropriate pacing, intonation,
and expression.
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R 1.2 Use word origins to
determine the meaning of
unknown words.
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R 1.3 Understand and explain
frequently used synonyms,
antonyms, and homographs.
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R 1.4 Know abstract, derived roots
and affixes derived from
Greek and Latin and use this
knowledge to analyze the
meaning of complex words.
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R 1.5 Understand and explain the
figurative and metaphorical
use of words in context.
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R 2.1 Understand how text features
(e.g., format, graphics, sequence,
diagrams, illustrations, charts,
maps) make information
accessible and usable.
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R 2.2 Analyze text that is organized
in sequential or chronological
order.
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R 2.3 Discern main ideas and
concepts presented in texts,
identifying and assessing
evidence that supports those
ideas.
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R 2.4 Draw inferences, conclusions,
or generalizations about text
and support them with textual
evidence and prior knowledge.
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R 2.5 Distinguish facts, supported
inferences, and opinions in
text.
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R 3.1
Identify and analyze the
characteristics of poetry, drama,
fiction, and nonfiction and explain the
appropriateness of the literary forms
chosen by an author for a specific
purpose.
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R 3.2 Identify the main problem or
conflict of the plot and
explain how it is resolved.
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R 3.3
Contrast the actions, motives (e.g.,
loyalty, selfishness, conscientiousness), and appearances of characters
in a work of fiction and discuss the
importance of the contrasts to the plot
or theme.
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R 3.4 Understand that theme refers
to the meaning or moral of a
selection and recognize themes
(whether implied or stated
directly) in sample works.
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R 3.5 Describe the function and
effect of common literary
devices (e.g., imagery,
metaphor, symbolism).
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R 3.6 Evaluate the meaning of
archetypal patterns and
symbols that are found in myth
and tradition by using literature
from different eras and cultures.
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R 3.7 Evaluate the author’s use of
various techniques to
influence readers’
perspectives.
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W 1.1
Create multiple-paragraph narrative
compositions:
a. Establish and develop a situation
or plot.
b. Describe the setting.
c. Present an ending.
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W 1.2 Create multiple-paragraph expository compositions:
a. Establish a topic, important ideas, or events in
sequence or chronological order.
b. Provide details and transitional expressions that
link one paragraph to another in a clear line of
thought.
c. Offer a concluding paragraph that summarizes
important ideas and details.
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W 1.3 Use organizational features
of printed text (e.g., citations,
end notes, bibliographic
references) to locate
relevant information.
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W 1.4 Create simple documents by
using electronic media and
employing organizational
features.
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W 1.5 Use a thesaurus to identify
alternative word choices and
meanings.
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W 1.6 Edit and revise manuscripts to
improve the meaning and focus of
writing by adding, deleting,
consolidating, clarifying, and
rearranging words and sentences.
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W 2.1 Write narratives:
a. Establish a plot, point of
view, setting, and conflict.
b. Show, rather than tell,
the events of the story.
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W 2.2 Write responses to literature:
a. Demonstrate an understanding of a literary
work.
b. Support judgments through references to
the text and to prior knowledge.
c. Develop interpretations that exhibit careful
reading and understanding.
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W 2.3
Write research reports about important ideas,
issues, or events by using the following guidelines:
a. Frame questions that direct the
investigation.
b. Establish a controlling idea or topic.
c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details,
examples, and explanations.
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W 2.4
Write persuasive letters or compositions:
a. State a clear position in support of a
proposal.
b. Support a position with relevant
evidence.
c. Follow a simple organizational pattern.
d. Address reader concerns.
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LC 1.1 Identify and correctly use
prepositional phrases,
appositives, and independent
and dependent clauses; use
transitions and conjunctions to
connect ideas.
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LC 1.2 Identify and correctly use
verbs that are often misused
(e.g., lie/lay, sit/set,
rise/raise), modifiers, and
pronouns.
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LC 1.3 Use a colon to separate hours
and minutes and to introduce a
list; use quotation marks around
the exact words of a speaker and
titles of poems, songs, short
stories, and so forth.
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LC 1.4 Use correct capitalization.
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LC 1.5 Spell roots, suffixes,
prefixes, contractions, and
syllable constructions
correctly.
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LAS 1.1 Ask questions that seek
information not already
discussed.
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LAS 1.2 Interpret a speaker’s
verbal and nonverbal
messages, purposes, and
perspectives.
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LAS 1.3 Make inferences or draw
conclusions based on an
oral report.
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LAS 1.4 Select a focus,
organizational structure,
and point of view for an
oral presentation.
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LAS 1.5 Clarify and support
spoken ideas with
evidence and examples.
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LAS 1.6 Engage the audience with
appropriate verbal cues,
facial expressions, and
gestures.
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LAS 1.7 Identify, analyze, and critique
persuasive techniques;
identify logical fallacies used
in oral presentations and
media messages.
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LAS 1.8 Analyze media as sources
for information,
entertainment, persuasion,
interpretation of events,
and transmission of culture.
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LAS 2.1 Deliver narrative presentations:
a. Establish a situation, plot, point
of view, and setting with
descriptive words and phrases.
b. Show, rather than tell, the
listener what happens.
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LAS 2.2 Deliver informational presentations
about an important idea, issue, or
event by the following means:
a. Frame questions to direct the investigation.
b. Establish a controlling idea or topic.
c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details,
examples, and explanations.
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LAS 2.3
Deliver oral responses to literature:
a. Summarize significant events and details.
b. Articulate an understanding of several
ideas or images communicated by the
literary work.
c. Use examples or textual evidence from
the work to support conclusions.
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